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Disable WP Revisions

by Carlos Martínez Romero · Uncategorized

Also makes 8 other plugins · 4.5K+ installs across the portfolio →

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This plugin removes the revision functionality from WordPress so that any content is deleted permanently.

⚠ Stale⚠ Likely abandoned⚠ Few reviews
How scoring works →
45 Health · D
Maintenance 5/100
Rating quality 74/100
Support 70/100

45 health vs 56 average across 16,376 Uncategorized plugins

400+

Active installs

≈450 estimated

3.5K

Total downloads

since 2019

3.98★

Rating (adjusted)

5.0★ raw · 1 reviews

+55%

99

Downloads · 30d

category median +17%

Removal-risk signals

53/100

Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.

  • Long abandoned. No update in 3+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
  • Falling behind WordPress. Tested up to WordPress 6.1.12.

Directory ranking optimization

How it's scored →

How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.

48 / 100

Under-optimized

Biggest win: Update recency

Update recency 12/100
WP compatibility 46/100
Rating quality 51/100
Listing tuning 92/100

To rank higher: Last updated 1283 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.

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Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,424 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+55% vs prior 30d
11Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

99

now · peak 162

9930d downloads · Aug 26

Directory rank vs rivals

wp.org popularity rank over time · higher is better · when a rival's line climbs above yours, they've overtaken you

Disable WP Revisions · #9712 you WP Revisions Control · #810 Disable Media Pages · #1919 Remove Author Pages · #4293

Update activity

How busy the existing users are, measured as downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites. A spike means a new release everyone's pulling; a long, slow decline means an aging user base that updates less.

248per 1k installs · Aug 26

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 100% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

v1.0 100%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “400+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
400–500 ≈450

Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.

Install history · since 2021-11-28 · 1,419 observations

400Installs · Aug 26

Estimated value

What this plugin might earn a year, and what it might sell for. Modeled from public signals; we don't see anyone's books.

Est. annual revenue

N/A

Est. acquisition value

N/A

No paid tier is visible, so we don't put a figure on revenue or sale value: that would be guessing. The install base is a real asset to an acquirer, just not one public data lets us price. A small install base leaves thin data to model from.

Ratings · 1 reviews

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5★
1 4★
0 3★
0 2★
0 1★
0

Details

Version
1.0.0
Last updated
3.5y ago
Added
2019-12-19 · 6 yrs old
Requires WP
4.0
Tested up to
6.1.12
Requires PHP
5.2.4
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Recent review vibe

read from the latest 1 reviews to 2020-07-18
Positive Praise

The one review here is a happy one, calling it perfect for turning off revisions on posts and pages.

Recent reviews

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  1. ★★★★★ Carlos Martínez Romero
    6.1y ago

    A perfect plugin to disable your revisions on post and pages:)

    Read on wp.org ↗

Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.4.8 · WP 5.5.3

✓ Low memory footprint
✓ Low page-speed impact
✓ Runs on latest PHP + WP
✓ No PHP errors
✓ No JS errors
✓ Activates cleanly
✓ No resource errors
✓ No external HTTP errors
✓ Optimized database use
✕ Frequently updated

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

  1. 2026-02-17 500+ → 400+ down after 4 days in tier
  2. 2026-02-13 800+ → 500+ down after 57 days in tier
  3. 2025-12-18 700+ → 800+ up after 2 days in tier
  4. 2025-12-16 800+ → 700+ down after 147 days in tier
  5. 2025-07-22 900+ → 800+ down after 20 days in tier
  6. 2025-07-02 800+ → 900+ up after 2 days in tier
  7. 2025-06-30 900+ → 800+ down after 18 days in tier
  8. 2025-06-12 1K+ → 900+ down after 48 days in tier

Competes with

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